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The footage, which is blurry and does not clearly show the identities of the people pictured, has since sparked a furious debate on the web involving numerous conspiracy theories.

In the film, the cornered individual appears to co-operate with armed officers, who then pull them away from the scene of the carnage. The original video, viewed more than half-a-million times on YouTube, has since been removed because of 'deceptive practices'.

There are inconsistences in the footage, including unexplained sudden movements that suggest it has been tampered with.

The clip, which emerged the day after the Nice attack, was published by other news outlets with it believed to show an alleged accomplice of Bouhlel being arrested.